Hey guys, for more upgrade info, check out that nice lass Sarah-n-tuned and her MR2 she calls Mr Dos.... Might inspire ya for a couple of ideas..... But anyway, good videos as always... 😎
So glad you went for this , remember with the stock headgasket its 0.9 bar max , 1.1 with a mhg... make sure you get a replacement heat shield aswell bro... updated intercooler next ? Or turbo from a rev 3 will bolt on directly 😉
Here in aus, if a cars rusted out, its usually quarter panels/doors, where dirt has blocked the drains and water/mud has sat and rusted from the inside. Generally makes it easier when looking for a used car, as you can see the rust from 50m away...
When you came over to the UK for the meet back in 2013, I darted into work that morning to make the MAAAAAD license plate you can see in the background of the shots. When Marty said he would put it up in his garage, I was really excited. I looked out for it but never saw it in the videos. Now I realise he actually meant HIS garage and it's so awesome to see you still have it!
just what i was thinking, in norway its the same salty roads, misserable weather. subaru is easy to work on rusty or not. Welcome to the salty part of town. hahahah
The father of a friend of mine had a thing for buying just about any 80s/early 90s junker he saw here in the midwest. I feel your pain on a spiritual level.....
"The rust makes everything so difficult" - welcome to any country with some form of winter. Here in Germany this is just normal. All you can do is try to clean the car as often as possible to minimize rust buildup. But our workshops have to deal with this on a daily basis.
I'm so thankful that we don't get snow in most part of Australia, and when we do it isn't so much that we need to salt the roads. I'm driving a 15 year old Accord Euro, and there is just no rust anywhere on the car. I see all the pics and videos of European and American cars and just cringe!
Here in New Zealand, I can’t recall seeing major rust on a car since I was a kid. I’ve seen cars decades old with virtually none. If it’s a major issue in cold, wet countries, shouldn’t manufacturers make EVERYTHING from treated or non-corroding materials? I always think nuts and bolts should be made from the very best alloy the entire vehicle has to offer...
Marty: worries that rust makes it harder to remove things from his car Me: worries that rust means there's none of my car left where things ought to be attached.
Man, it's nice to see someone actually suffer with rust on the internet and constantly breaking rusty bolts, literally my entire fucking life in North East England.
30 years old means its a Rev 1, the first generation which came with 14" wheels and extra snappy oversteer. It has the later Rev3 on rear lights though. Atmospheric dump valves are not compatible with the vane type airflow meters, they can give poor idle and also hesitation on gear changes because dumping out metered air causes the engine to be overfuel. Make sure you fit a new distributor cap and rotor arm, they get a hard life on this engine and worn parts drop a very noticeable amount of power. Check when the timing belt was last changed, they are a bit of a ball ache to do due to limited access, so often ignored. There are two smaller hard pipes located above the fuel tank for the coolant supply/return to the heater, it's very common for these to crack and cause a persistent loss of coolant.
In Australia some one tries to sell you that and didn't warn you... punch in the face is pretty called for. that thing is rusting like cars from the 60's!
@@Its_The_Jondus I don't know what you're talking about. Southern cars are mint. Come up here to the New England area and you'll understand....I just welded in new frame rails in my WRX
Marty: "this 30 year old car is soo rusty" Me being from Norway: that thing looks clean! a bit of rust on the fan shroud but otherwise good! I mean, we fight bolts like that on 10 year old cars, not 30.
Yeah. While working on my elderly Tercel I "lucked out". I only had to drill out five seized bolts and only had to use a torch twice to break loose brake nuts going into a nearly inaccessible brake line junction block. I also had to use JB Weld and mesh to repair about twenty rust holes in the rear brake backing plates. Piece of cake :( -dave from upstate NY
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i wanted to remove cv axles on my e46. as soon, as i saw the bolt, i gave up without giving a second thought to it. its an e-torx. with e-torx part rusted off. oh, and theres 12 of them.
@@HunterOfHalfLife That's a lot of bolts. They could be drilled out and helicoiled if necessary but that would be extremely painful and a lengthy job. Maybe you could just replace the half shafts and uprights? Pricy but if the rest of the car is good it might be worth considering. -dave
Worcester MA here I was thinking the same friggin thing... If the frame ain’t rotted out there ain’t much to be worried about. Ain’t nothing worse than hitting a pot hole on Ma-90 and having your frame snap behind the power steering box... Welcome to Wista toll booth Willy says get ya rotted out sh*t box off The Pike!!!
There's a trick to using hoists for better access into engine bays like this. Take the wheels off. Lower it either all the way or until the brakes almost touch the ground, whichever comes first.
"I've never had a car fight me this hard" Martin, you need to get yourself a 30 year old, rusted out Nissan GQ Patrol... On a more useful note, get yourself a bunch of cheap, nasty, left hand twist (reverse twist) drill bits off ebay. Because they drill in reverse, when you're drilling out rusted out or seized bolts there's a good chance they'll bite into the bolt and thread it back out.
Everyone always says this, and i did always try to use them, but in the couple years i worked in a shop, i have only ever had 1 bolt come out with a reverse cut drill bit. I just use a nice and sharp bit now and drill it out.
And all of the other hoses as well, I recently badly hurt the engine in my Group A Celica after a hose from the water rail to the throttle body burst letting all of the coolant to escape. I found that the seal in the distributer had been leaking oil over 3 hoses, Water hoses do not like oil! Cracked block, cooked head!
I love how I watch these videos where you hear “wow look at the rust” and I’m sitting here in Scotland going OMFG LOOK HOW CLEAN IT IS ! 😂😂😂 a 1 hour job is never 1 hour due to buggered nuts and bolts
Honestly we should just stop salting the roads, the ammount of cars eaten by rust probably increases the net CO2 outlet of automotive industry by a lot.
@@Mattle_lutra , of course we should. We've been trying for a couple of decades now. There is a wide range of alternatives: ones that destroy roads, ones that are 20 times more expensive, ones that make the road even more slippy, or a plethora of ineffective ones. Take your pick...
Awww come on Sarah, we all know you love Mr Dos. I'm also guessing your going to enjoy a little bit of watching Marty fight a MR2 as much as you've fought yours?
"This car is just falling apart on to me" Welcome to any mechanics life that works on cars in a snowy/salted area. Just did the transmission on my Speed3 yesterday and I would believe I had more rust than dirt on me.
David Roulston depends on how much the previous owners cared in all fairness. Fingers crossed yours stays good, engine wise its the most reliable car i’ve ever owned! :)
@@Orangebery I had a mk1 MX5 before hand and I was going to buy a mk2 then saw this mr2 resprayed in Focus RS green and couldn't resist buying it lol, i've yet to work on it though it's only been a week haha. But yeah old Toyota engines are bullet proof I owned a Celica a few years ago with the 3SGE engine too.
My 1972 Rover is held together with rust, we can't all live in California or Australia sadly. When i watch people like Roadkill and they say "it's pretty rotten" i just think they really have no idea what rot is
How big are buckets in Australia Marty!, 🤔 Rusty cars are when you need a 14 mm spanner to fit a 17 mm nut/bolt. Great to see some under car angles. Thanks for sharing.
12:00 MCM disassembly puzzles are pure joy to watch. MrPoo is a great upgrade from Yaris Hilton after you broke it. Thank you for another top shelf episode.
Thanks for the episode. I like Marty's touch and this documentary format a lot. I wish if only it could be longer. Seeing the how-tos and having voice overs is excellent. The moon buggy is fun and all, but the guts of the MR2 this is very interesting to see. Too bad you two do not work together on this serie. And also i like the MR2. Nice JDM nugget. Looks mad imo.
Agreed - Marty hosts exceptionally well on his own, the pacing of the video is excellent, whoever's on the camera is framing the shots really well, and there's no back-and-forth that goes on and on until it ceases to be amusing...
@@bendavis2115 I figured - a fellow with his finesse with audio would tend to have similar talents in the edit bay and behind the camera. Now if only he could clone himself to shoot the show when they're both on screen, at all times :P
Everyone is talking rust, but I'm just listening to Marty and be amazed by how professional he sounds throughout the start. Marty and Moog really have made MCM from two blokes working in their driveway to a TV show. I like this much better than any of the "car" shows like "Pimp my Ride", "Overhaulin" or the short-lived Discovery Channel shows.
Respect Marty! I really appreciate the amount of effort you're putting into this MR2. I've always loved these cars so it's nice to see someone like yourself putting some love into one. Even more kudos to you for being so diligent with such an unruly specimen. Love the content!!
Yeah. Laughs in UK where the roads are crafted from pure salt haha. man I'm glad i got rid of my 93 Turbo when the turbo went, every part of the car was bloody rust, all the intake pipes were falling apart as well... My 96 MR2 which was UK spec N/A from ireland, even worse, the entire body was just pure rust hidden by nice paint lmao... also took a garage 4 solid days to change the clutch because everything was so rusty hahaha
@@_Professor_Oak Can confirm, but only recently when gretchen whitmer and her cronies raised the fuel tax here. Before, we waited for winter to fill in the potholes and make the highways smoother. Key word being highways...which is so unbearably sad...
@@mightycarmods don't often comment and I feel like I'm being "that guy" but would hate for you do potentially have to rip the engine bay apart again.. it's extremely common for the wastegate flapper to have clearance issues and usually ends up hitting on alot of generic 3 inch dump pipes for these cars causing boost control issues :/ I only speak from unfortunate experience, worth test fitting with the wastegate actuator rod circlip off and making sure you still get full movement, I know Brooks Racing Development do a dump pipe that 100% clears if you do run into issues
I feel for you.....I had a SW20 rev1 na and had so much fun replacing bushes, ARB mounts, seized wheel bearings...oh the memories came flooding back.....I'm now in the fetal position, slowly rocking and telling myself that it's all in the past!
I could related to this on soo many levels, have owning a SW20 for 10 years now.. Protip: Change the Hose from hell whenever you're in that area of the motor Also, removing the boot-lid allows you to work on the engine bay from inside the trunk, its much easier than dangling from one side of the car 📸@rjpan
I loved my MR2 and have a patina of nostalgia surrounding that time in my life, but I remember every bolt being completely trashed. “This car is fighting me so hard” I’m so sorry Marty. It’s painful.
Got a zz30 and love the thing. You never know if you're going to die on a rainy day and it's a PIA to work on, already replaced the engine. With no car lift it was "fun" using the engine hoist to lift the car off the engine. Building a turbo motor for it so I'll get to do the whole thing again. Totally worth the hassle. One of the best handling back road/mountain runners I've had and in my area you rarely see any kind of MR2. I like the design of the sw20 better, but I've got no regrets getting my zz30. I look forward to seeing more of what you do with this car in upcoming videos
@@igorkovaliov7653 Hehe, gulfy i syfiki odwieczni wrogowie o miejsce króla palenia laka pod tesco w furze z 1.4 pod maską. :D Piona i z fartem wariacie. ;D
It's not, you can do them in 2.5 hrs if you know what you are doing..... Source - am toyota tech from the era when these were sold new, never dropped an engine to do T belt
@@Opsecable Note wording "new" would you still do it like that now? :D With out hoist, sure might be easier, but with one might as well to check areas you cannot get when engine is in the car.
@@Opsecable A 30 year old car/engine might need a lot of other work done to it as well, so it often makes sense to just drop the whole engine to adress several issues at once. I did replace the clutch on my sw20 turbo without removing the engine, but in hinsight, I might as well just have removed the whole engine to give it a proper refresh.
Kinda interesting to see an Aussies perspective on rust. I am from the East Coast of Canada and I have worked on worst rust from a vehicle 5 years old. 10 year old vehicles in my province, for example old cavaliers would have a rusted out rear sub frame, that would need to be replaced and would obviously fail our provincial inspection. When living in New Zealand, the small or no existent amount of rust(like the rust shown in this video) made me finally enjoy doing mechanics. Two best friends of any Mechanic who is surrounded by the atlantic ocean on all sides, salts roads and has snow in the winter, plus -25 degree celsius days is a oxy acetylene torch and a hammer.
shiftcommathree1 Believe it or not, they forgot about it a couple of times in the original supergramps build! It’s mentioned at least once when he says ‘moog went to go pick up my turbo’
Pretty much sums up my mk1 MR2 experience. I had it for 8 years and loved it dearly, but there was no end to the worn out and rusted parts fighting you. No matter how many I replaced, there were always more. Jumping into a new car has been an amazingly fresh experience.
I love those MR2's & feel for you with regards to the rust. I used to have an FJ80 that came from Vermont and I believe was backed into a snowbank for a winter. When I got it, the rear axle was held on by the panhard bar (no joke). Good luck with the poo!
This is what we deal with on cars that sit outside in the winter here in Wisconsin, USA! Sorry you have to deal with that! By the way, ANYONE can replace shiny new pieces on cars. It takes skill to repair old rusty things like this. I can't wait to see what you do with this when it's done. I can tell you, any time I pull something off of my car, it gets cleaned and possibly painted before it goes back in. LOVE THE CHANNEL!
+Mighty Car Mods: As the owner of a '93 USDM MR2 Turbo model, bought new in late '92, can _really_ empathize w/ your frustration, *_except_* , rust isn't one of the problems I've faced over the years. *_BUT_* , dealing w/ the _incredibly tight_ working spaces on the car, in its entirety, _IS_ . _Busted_ knuckles are a given! 😡That said, "I feel your pain!" Like the proverbial hair in a biscuit, hang in there, my good man! You'll be rewarded w/ one of the _best cars_ ever to see the roads of the world. Keep 'em comin'! And, many thanks for this one! 😁
Working on a rusty car like this is awesome when you don't have a garage and something breaks in the middle of winter. Shout outs from lovely Michigan!
I cant wait to see how this car turns out. SW20 was a dream car of mine when I was in my teens. Can't possibly see how the moonbuggy could out perform this car.
Glad to see it wasn't just me who struggled with these things. I never thought the SW20 was harder to work on than most other cars, but there were definitely a handful of parts that were a serious problem. The dump pipe was definitely one of them!
That car is in good shape compared to what we have in the northern states of the USA, I have lived in Michigan all my life, that's 70 plus years. Road salt is the 'go to' thing when it snows to try and clear the roads. That mostly works, but what it really works on is the car bodies, rusting them out. I have a 1998 GMC pick up truck, the power train is in decent shape for it's age but the body is very rusty. So if you don't live where you have to put up with that, count your self blessed.
Welcome to any car that’s lived most of it’s life in Virginia, USA.. I’ve fought hard to reach bolts for hours before because you just can’t get them loose without breaking something or dropping or lifting motors.
Marty, its rusrty. Yes have it with a smile. Just like when you were offered the superb MX5, you were told it got some rust, you replied If its got rust, of course I want it. You drove MX5, it was superb, but so so slow. Welcome back to the good old days. Thanks Marty, love the Mr2 by the way. Lol
Man, I had that voicebox song stuck in my head earlier today and then this drops and totally satisfies my need to hear the song again. Seriously, it needs a full version released on the Play store or something. Cheers, and thanks for the awesome content!
It kind of bothers me that he drilled out the coolant drain bolt, but didn't remove the pipe to flush out the metal shavings that were surely left behind...
Welcome to working on cars, as they are in the UK! and looking at the comments all over the place. Would love to see the Road kill guys or MCN do a challenge in the where the rust is bad and see how things go.
I bought an identical MR2, black, hardtop, JDM import, turbo, 1989, sw20 about a month before MCM started this series. I recently upgraded the exhaust, and finished it about 1 week ago, adding in a nice custom 5zigen setup. Watching this video gave me painful deja vu... I can say that I didn't have many rusty parts, just all the bolts took hours to get off. Hours and hours.
Rust, this is something we have to strugle with all the time - but we have to live with it. Greetings from Germany. I love what you are doing... Keep going!
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Good luck keeping the engine in that SW20. You already drained the coolent might as well go for it.
AW11 owner here.
Love the price I need some of these
You guys a freakin' awesome --- I love this Channel!!!
Hey guys, for more upgrade info, check out that nice lass Sarah-n-tuned and her MR2 she calls Mr Dos.... Might inspire ya for a couple of ideas..... But anyway, good videos as always... 😎
So glad you went for this , remember with the stock headgasket its 0.9 bar max , 1.1 with a mhg... make sure you get a replacement heat shield aswell bro... updated intercooler next ? Or turbo from a rev 3 will bolt on directly 😉
Yeah, here in Canada, we call that "like new" condition.
Here in aus, if a cars rusted out, its usually quarter panels/doors, where dirt has blocked the drains and water/mud has sat and rusted from the inside.
Generally makes it easier when looking for a used car, as you can see the rust from 50m away...
Canadian lock tight
I know right. That thing is clean. New cars look like that after a few yrs.
B Bort yup. I’m in Massachusetts. Anything older than 2012 is rusted and shot.
Yep! It's about the same here in Minnesota.
When you came over to the UK for the meet back in 2013, I darted into work that morning to make the MAAAAAD license plate you can see in the background of the shots. When Marty said he would put it up in his garage, I was really excited. I looked out for it but never saw it in the videos. Now I realise he actually meant HIS garage and it's so awesome to see you still have it!
That's fucking awesome man
A man of his Word.👍🏻
That must have been so cool to see.
Absolutely epic my man. Thats how you know he really appreciated your gift
That’s MAAAAAD
Australia: That's a lot of rust.
Canada: That's practically rust free.
just what i was thinking, in norway its the same salty roads, misserable weather. subaru is easy to work on rusty or not. Welcome to the salty part of town. hahahah
Yeah, I mean, he could lift it on the hoist by the stock jacking points, it's like brand new!
I'm in Nova Scotia and its hilarious how terrified of rust they are!
I was thinking the same thing lmao
Upstate NY here. Welcome to the party, pal.
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Me, watching MCM: "Man, why did i quit being a mechanic, this looks like so much fun"
Me, watching every 3rd bolt snap: "oooh right, that was why"
Exactly, it'd be nice if every car was less than 5 years old and spent its whole life in a desert.
Lol i feel this
Former mechanic in Norway here. i sooo feel this one!
currently studying to become a engineer instead.
thats why you go to Ferrari, Mclaren or Lambo, I haven't looked back yet
The father of a friend of mine had a thing for buying just about any 80s/early 90s junker he saw here in the midwest. I feel your pain on a spiritual level.....
"The rust makes everything so difficult" - welcome to any country with some form of winter. Here in Germany this is just normal. All you can do is try to clean the car as often as possible to minimize rust buildup. But our workshops have to deal with this on a daily basis.
I'm so thankful that we don't get snow in most part of Australia, and when we do it isn't so much that we need to salt the roads. I'm driving a 15 year old Accord Euro, and there is just no rust anywhere on the car. I see all the pics and videos of European and American cars and just cringe!
And your best friends are: penetrating fluid, induction heater, torch, and so on .. :-P
Here in New Zealand, I can’t recall seeing major rust on a car since I was a kid. I’ve seen cars decades old with virtually none.
If it’s a major issue in cold, wet countries, shouldn’t manufacturers make EVERYTHING from treated or non-corroding materials? I always think nuts and bolts should be made from the very best alloy the entire vehicle has to offer...
@@pingchen5291 yeah and then you have to pay 3x what do now for cars
Daniel Hack northeast USA here, rust takes us all eventually, even the humans here rust prematurely
Marty: worries that rust makes it harder to remove things from his car
Me: worries that rust means there's none of my car left where things ought to be attached.
Like when your tailshaft is rusted or your axel
- thank you for spelling flavoured correctly
Man, it's nice to see someone actually suffer with rust on the internet and constantly breaking rusty bolts, literally my entire fucking life in North East England.
Damn Saited roads
Same... Northern United States. my nightmare
Small world, mate. Sunderland... My SW20 is SORN when the gritters are out, for reasons like this lol.
its not much better over in the northwest,,,my 2010 punto is flaking away,,,strangely my 1990 corolla is peachy clean !
NEPA here, at this point I just buy new hardware before the job.
30 years old means its a Rev 1, the first generation which came with 14" wheels and extra snappy oversteer. It has the later Rev3 on rear lights though.
Atmospheric dump valves are not compatible with the vane type airflow meters, they can give poor idle and also hesitation on gear changes because dumping out metered air causes the engine to be overfuel.
Make sure you fit a new distributor cap and rotor arm, they get a hard life on this engine and worn parts drop a very noticeable amount of power.
Check when the timing belt was last changed, they are a bit of a ball ache to do due to limited access, so often ignored.
There are two smaller hard pipes located above the fuel tank for the coolant supply/return to the heater, it's very common for these to crack and cause a persistent loss of coolant.
Not the hero we deserve, but the hero we need! Thank you good Sir!
also worth noting this is non-interference engine. so if belt snaps its not the end of the world
Great advice 👍
Sort of confused to how a blow off valve could effect idle in any way, when would it ever blow off air at idle?
Everyone bring this guy to Marty's attention, that sounds like a lot of model-specific knowledge to me. :)
Marty: "wow this is so rusty"
All the American and European watchers: "you came to the wrong neighborhood"
all americans? you think people in the south can relate to this? lol
@@LOLHICRONO maybe not the southerners, but i am sure people in the upper half of US can :D
Especially people in the south lol. That humidity looooves sheetmetal.
In Australia some one tries to sell you that and didn't warn you... punch in the face is pretty called for. that thing is rusting like cars from the 60's!
@@Its_The_Jondus I don't know what you're talking about. Southern cars are mint. Come up here to the New England area and you'll understand....I just welded in new frame rails in my WRX
Marty: "this 30 year old car is soo rusty"
Me being from Norway: that thing looks clean! a bit of rust on the fan shroud but otherwise good!
I mean, we fight bolts like that on 10 year old cars, not 30.
Me: "Replacing these sway bar links will take max 30 minutes"
Me after 2 hrs: Keep distance, angry viking with angle grinder
Yup same here in Sweden, they are just pouring out salt all day on the roads..
is there a jdm scene in norway
same here in Denmark, salt like crazy in the winter and cars that look like a wreck underneath after 10 years (hell to work on)
Restoring a celica from 74, that has driven in germany all its life. Ihavent snapped a single bolt, but everything around the bolt i rusted haha
marty- "I don't think I've ever had a car fight me this hard" - Everyone from places that salt their roads - *laughs in rusted bolts*
Rusted, rounded, twisted, you name it, we have it.
Yeah. While working on my elderly Tercel I "lucked out". I only had to drill out five seized bolts and only had to use a torch twice to break loose brake nuts going into a nearly inaccessible brake line junction block. I also had to use JB Weld and mesh to repair about twenty rust holes in the rear brake backing plates. Piece of cake :(
-dave from upstate NY
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i wanted to remove cv axles on my e46. as soon, as i saw the bolt, i gave up without giving a second thought to it. its an e-torx. with e-torx part rusted off. oh, and theres 12 of them.
@@HunterOfHalfLife That's a lot of bolts. They could be drilled out and helicoiled if necessary but that would be extremely painful and a lengthy job. Maybe you could just replace the half shafts and uprights? Pricy but if the rest of the car is good it might be worth considering.
-dave
"Loads of rust" proceeds to show us a very clean car.
Loads is very subjective here. That's just surface rust honestly.
@@Reploidx9 its surface rust that can be pulled in minutes with some naval jelly. Stupid clickbait
@@anubis1416 depends on where you're from though
@@nic1191 man my 92 240sx is so rusty that it has holes through the fuckin frame rails, this mr2 is clean as hell.
Paul Inman bastards lol 😆😳
"the car is rusty"
Laughs in American rust belt.
**laughs in Canadian**
*Laughs in European*
@@vaggelisgian Laughs in Sweden
@@other2494 * cries in Canadian *
@@dafirnz Basically here if your car has no rust it is either new or a lie haha
Australian man learns what euro mechanics deal with on the daily.
❤️ Rust.
Hasn't learned much coz that's pretty much rust free compared to most used Northern European cars!
@@LondonSteveLee We gotta break him in gently my man, going full Romania straight away is enough to kill a man.
Oh God, you should see some Ford's in Australia, pile of rust and they want 40 grand for it
30 year old car *is a bit rusty*
Australians: Oh no, it's falling apart!
Try living where there's winter!
Yeah mate, no winter here...
Marty: I've never fought with so much rust before Me: I've never seen such a clean car that's more than 5 years old (Northeast US)
I wouldn't wish it on anyone, but it's so nice to not be the only one who knows the pain. 😭
I know the pain I live in western NY
i was thinking the same thing bud.
Worcester MA here I was thinking the same friggin thing... If the frame ain’t rotted out there ain’t much to be worried about. Ain’t nothing worse than hitting a pot hole on Ma-90 and having your frame snap behind the power steering box... Welcome to Wista toll booth Willy says get ya rotted out sh*t box off The Pike!!!
Same for Russia, mate;)
Marty gets a hoist only to end up swimming around the top of the engine bay
PeteM , still, having a car on the hoist when you’re working on the top is so much better as you don’t have to bend over as much and fuck your back.
There's a trick to using hoists for better access into engine bays like this. Take the wheels off. Lower it either all the way or until the brakes almost touch the ground, whichever comes first.
@@EyeMWing well yes. This only applies to guys 5'4 and under
@@lop8828 Lmaooo
Jared especially when you’re 6’3
Wish that didn’t hit home so hard
"I've never had a car fight me this hard"
Martin, you need to get yourself a 30 year old, rusted out Nissan GQ Patrol...
On a more useful note, get yourself a bunch of cheap, nasty, left hand twist (reverse twist) drill bits off ebay. Because they drill in reverse, when you're drilling out rusted out or seized bolts there's a good chance they'll bite into the bolt and thread it back out.
Everyone always says this, and i did always try to use them, but in the couple years i worked in a shop, i have only ever had 1 bolt come out with a reverse cut drill bit. I just use a nice and sharp bit now and drill it out.
@@nightkil13r softer metal bolts sometimes come out with the hammer function on the drill
That's a "clean" car for us in Canada
I agree
Yeah relatable for us Northern Europeans too
Yup in quebec we have the worst one 😂
I'm from New Jersey and when he showed the bottoms I was like "What is he talking about? Rust? Where??"
Lmao. Each one of my cars is far more rusty lol
As an MR2 owner, I highly recommend taking the time to replace the hoses from hell, since you had to pull the turbo.
Absolutely.
Seconded or thirded?
And all of the other hoses as well, I recently badly hurt the engine in my Group A Celica after a hose from the water rail to the throttle body burst letting all of the coolant to escape.
I found that the seal in the distributer had been leaking oil over 3 hoses, Water hoses do not like oil! Cracked block, cooked head!
"thats so much rust", come to the UK and see some of our MX5's then you will understand rust!
Either that or an old ford sierra
I love how I watch these videos where you hear “wow look at the rust” and I’m sitting here in Scotland going OMFG LOOK HOW CLEAN IT IS ! 😂😂😂 a 1 hour job is never 1 hour due to buggered nuts and bolts
Charlie was thinking exactly that, here in the UK cars that are 4/5yrs old can be in worse condition 🤣
in finland we usually dont even have those bolts or nuts because they have turned to dust, very fun to work on cars here too :D
Lmao my exact thoughts from Northern Ireland.
From scotland have an st150 and rusted bolts are the bain of your life if you do all you own work
Quebec, Canada here. Rust life solidarity!!
"This car is a rust bucket!" *Laughs in Canadian*
🚓 (police) *you in Australian*
"marty realises the reality of working on a car in any other country than australia" 😂In rust we trust
Marty: theres so much rust and some bolts are rounded.
Me: Laughs in northen european after third full respray and rust still comming
Honestly we should just stop salting the roads, the ammount of cars eaten by rust probably increases the net CO2 outlet of automotive industry by a lot.
@@Mattle_lutra 10000% agreed
@@Mattle_lutra But the roads taste realy bad without any salt.
Time to F the paint and just get the c*nt hot dip galvanised. Even here in Britain every car turns to dust from the arches out
@@Mattle_lutra , of course we should. We've been trying for a couple of decades now. There is a wide range of alternatives: ones that destroy roads, ones that are 20 times more expensive, ones that make the road even more slippy, or a plethora of ineffective ones. Take your pick...
14:44 The mid-engine rabbit hole, or as I call it, the bane of my existence.
I was half expecting Marty to name-drop you, if he's been watching some "how to fight an MR2" videos he's surely come across the MrDos saga.
Awww come on Sarah, we all know you love Mr Dos. I'm also guessing your going to enjoy a little bit of watching Marty fight a MR2 as much as you've fought yours?
Just now been linked to your vids by a whole bunch of fans.. MR2 rabbit hole is definitely a thing! Strangely addictive however.
Surely it's a love hate thing.
But which way around.
Is it love to hate it, or hate to love it?
Mighty Car Mods 🐰❤️✌🏻
"This car is just falling apart on to me"
Welcome to any mechanics life that works on cars in a snowy/salted area. Just did the transmission on my Speed3 yesterday and I would believe I had more rust than dirt on me.
"I heard there a pain to work on but when you add rust its a whole other level."
Can confirm, my UK MR2 is a 6 hour job, no matter what you're doing!
I've just bought one, it doesn't seem that bad to be fair lol
David Roulston depends on how much the previous owners cared in all fairness. Fingers crossed yours stays good, engine wise its the most reliable car i’ve ever owned! :)
@@Orangebery I had a mk1 MX5 before hand and I was going to buy a mk2 then saw this mr2 resprayed in Focus RS green and couldn't resist buying it lol, i've yet to work on it though it's only been a week haha. But yeah old Toyota engines are bullet proof I owned a Celica a few years ago with the 3SGE engine too.
7 months ago I started to fit some aftermarket dust caps. Still haven’t finished,
@@elliotormston9417 #feeltrain
As a previous MR2 owner, When I saw him taking off that mid pipe on the exhaust and installing a downpipe I said to myself "oh don't do that Marty" 😂
problem is if you leave it your guaranteed you smack your head on it every time you walk past it
I've noticed one of these for the past few days on my Boston commute. Love seeing em in the wild!
"This car is full of rust"
*Laughs in Morris Minor*
Laughs in 1980's Japanese cars or alternatively pretty much any Italian car from same period + 70's :D
My 1972 Rover is held together with rust, we can't all live in California or Australia sadly. When i watch people like Roadkill and they say "it's pretty rotten" i just think they really have no idea what rot is
Or when you're me, *laughs in Canadian and all but 2 of my cars have been 200 times worse than that one of which only because it was brand new
(Looks at all of the previous in a surprised fashion and laughs hysterically in VW T3 16" Syncro.)
Ah classic MCM. 12:18 at night, just about to fall asleep and.... a new upload.
I had an MR2 Turbo. All I can say is... I loved it and I'm happy I haven't got one anymore. :)
How big are buckets in Australia Marty!, 🤔 Rusty cars are when you need a 14 mm spanner to fit a 17 mm nut/bolt.
Great to see some under car angles.
Thanks for sharing.
So happy you guys are building an MR2! Pls turn it into a beast. It has the potential
we'll fix it
12:00 MCM disassembly puzzles are pure joy to watch.
MrPoo is a great upgrade from Yaris Hilton after you broke it.
Thank you for another top shelf episode.
I love the ending. the frustration was real
Thanks for the episode. I like Marty's touch and this documentary format a lot. I wish if only it could be longer. Seeing the how-tos and having voice overs is excellent. The moon buggy is fun and all, but the guts of the MR2 this is very interesting to see. Too bad you two do not work together on this serie.
And also i like the MR2. Nice JDM nugget. Looks mad imo.
Agreed - Marty hosts exceptionally well on his own, the pacing of the video is excellent, whoever's on the camera is framing the shots really well, and there's no back-and-forth that goes on and on until it ceases to be amusing...
@@cudak888 I reckon that Moog filmed it, there's a bit early where you can hear Moog make a sound.
I agree, I like it when they work together, hell we all do hence the 3+Million subs!!
@@bendavis2115 I figured - a fellow with his finesse with audio would tend to have similar talents in the edit bay and behind the camera. Now if only he could clone himself to shoot the show when they're both on screen, at all times :P
Everyone is talking rust, but I'm just listening to Marty and be amazed by how professional he sounds throughout the start. Marty and Moog really have made MCM from two blokes working in their driveway to a TV show. I like this much better than any of the "car" shows like "Pimp my Ride", "Overhaulin" or the short-lived Discovery Channel shows.
15:47 - The eyes of a broken man wondering if he's made the right decision.
Respect Marty! I really appreciate the amount of effort you're putting into this MR2. I've always loved these cars so it's nice to see someone like yourself putting some love into one. Even more kudos to you for being so diligent with such an unruly specimen. Love the content!!
That extension with hex for a wrench is a brilliant idea.
Rust bucket. Laughs in Michigan. Seeing this makes me actually glad I never restored my 91 mr2 turbo.
Laughs in bridge troll.
I heard Michigan likes salt. I bet they chuck it on the roads when it's not even cold enough to snow.
Yeah. Laughs in UK where the roads are crafted from pure salt haha. man I'm glad i got rid of my 93 Turbo when the turbo went, every part of the car was bloody rust, all the intake pipes were falling apart as well...
My 96 MR2 which was UK spec N/A from ireland, even worse, the entire body was just pure rust hidden by nice paint lmao... also took a garage 4 solid days to change the clutch because everything was so rusty hahaha
@@_Professor_Oak Can confirm, but only recently when gretchen whitmer and her cronies raised the fuel tax here. Before, we waited for winter to fill in the potholes and make the highways smoother. Key word being highways...which is so unbearably sad...
Perfect Timing, I was just about to fall asleep 😂😂😂👌
goodnight mate!
Same lol
Same!
@@mightycarmods don't often comment and I feel like I'm being "that guy" but would hate for you do potentially have to rip the engine bay apart again.. it's extremely common for the wastegate flapper to have clearance issues and usually ends up hitting on alot of generic 3 inch dump pipes for these cars causing boost control issues :/ I only speak from unfortunate experience, worth test fitting with the wastegate actuator rod circlip off and making sure you still get full movement, I know Brooks Racing Development do a dump pipe that 100% clears if you do run into issues
I feel for you.....I had a SW20 rev1 na and had so much fun replacing bushes, ARB mounts, seized wheel bearings...oh the memories came flooding back.....I'm now in the fetal position, slowly rocking and telling myself that it's all in the past!
9:18
"god, this car is just falling apart on top of me"
Pure Michigan
Or Wisconsin
StormDrifter hell yeah another Michigander 🤙
That is like 1 winters worth of rust there, so basically mint.
I HAD to go look for a midwest comment after that part and whatdya know? It's from my home state of Michigan lol.
I could related to this on soo many levels, have owning a SW20 for 10 years now..
Protip:
Change the Hose from hell whenever you're in that area of the motor
Also, removing the boot-lid allows you to work on the engine bay from inside the trunk, its much easier than dangling from one side of the car
📸@rjpan
Yep - I've spent way too much time sitting in the back of my AW11 just to save my back.
Yah this!
THIS^^ needs to be the top comment
In all the years I had my mr2 turbo I never thought of this 😂 not that it ever needed much work it was a pretty reliable car for the most part.
I loved my MR2 and have a patina of nostalgia surrounding that time in my life, but I remember every bolt being completely trashed.
“This car is fighting me so hard” I’m so sorry Marty. It’s painful.
Got a zz30 and love the thing. You never know if you're going to die on a rainy day and it's a PIA to work on, already replaced the engine. With no car lift it was "fun" using the engine hoist to lift the car off the engine. Building a turbo motor for it so I'll get to do the whole thing again. Totally worth the hassle. One of the best handling back road/mountain runners I've had and in my area you rarely see any kind of MR2. I like the design of the sw20 better, but I've got no regrets getting my zz30. I look forward to seeing more of what you do with this car in upcoming videos
MCM: "so much rust"
Me: *looking at my civic in Poland with every body panel rusted away*
Relatable lol
civics are best even the plastic gets rust haha
but that is for weight reduction rust is lighter than carbon
ruda wpierdala gulfy i syfiki haha
ps sam jestem wlascicielem golfa
@@igorkovaliov7653 Hehe, gulfy i syfiki odwieczni wrogowie o miejsce króla palenia laka pod tesco w furze z 1.4 pod maską. :D Piona i z fartem wariacie. ;D
"It's just so much easier to drop the engine" -The mechanic who did my mr2's timing belt
It's not, you can do them in 2.5 hrs if you know what you are doing.....
Source - am toyota tech from the era when these were sold new, never dropped an engine to do T belt
@@Opsecable its a joke
@@Opsecable Note wording "new" would you still do it like that now? :D With out hoist, sure might be easier, but with one might as well to check areas you cannot get when engine is in the car.
@@Opsecable A 30 year old car/engine might need a lot of other work done to it as well, so it often makes sense to just drop the whole engine to adress several issues at once. I did replace the clutch on my sw20 turbo without removing the engine, but in hinsight, I might as well just have removed the whole engine to give it a proper refresh.
@@Opsecable New yeah, you wern't fighting rotten bolts at every opportunity
Australia: "Hey I am in my shed"
Canada: "2 million dollar house"
6:53 i always tap rusty/old bolts on the head with a hammer before trying to turn them either way. this tends to break the rust, not the bolt.
Never had this work. Ever. Fire on the other hand. Fuckin glorius.
@@sobbo12 Yes nothing better than lighting the wick.
Haha this is great. Come to Canada we'll teach you the 'look away while I turn this bolt so I don't get rust in my face' technique.
That's a cousin of the "squint real hard and hope no rust makes it through your eye slits" method.
Kinda interesting to see an Aussies perspective on rust. I am from the East Coast of Canada and I have worked on worst rust from a vehicle 5 years old. 10 year old vehicles in my province, for example old cavaliers would have a rusted out rear sub frame, that would need to be replaced and would obviously fail our provincial inspection. When living in New Zealand, the small or no existent amount of rust(like the rust shown in this video) made me finally enjoy doing mechanics. Two best friends of any Mechanic who is surrounded by the atlantic ocean on all sides, salts roads and has snow in the winter, plus -25 degree celsius days is a oxy acetylene torch and a hammer.
Lmao Marty looked so uncomfortable when he was forced to say “Moog”
Glad I'm not the only one who noticed he said Moog and not Blair!
He nearly said Blair! Had to think about it
First time I've heard Marty actually say Moog.
This might actually be the first time Marty said Moog in an MCM video. They made a point about this not too long ago in another video.
shiftcommathree1 Believe it or not, they forgot about it a couple of times in the original supergramps build! It’s mentioned at least once when he says ‘moog went to go pick up my turbo’
It happens occasionally. Still more common than Moog referring to him as Marty
Wait, what does he normally say instead?
NotAvailable Martin
Pretty much sums up my mk1 MR2 experience. I had it for 8 years and loved it dearly, but there was no end to the worn out and rusted parts fighting you. No matter how many I replaced, there were always more. Jumping into a new car has been an amazingly fresh experience.
Someone called it MR2 Sexy in the comments on another video. That’s my fav name so far :)
I used to drop the hole rear sub on to a furniture dolly to work on. Made my life so much easier.
I love those MR2's & feel for you with regards to the rust. I used to have an FJ80 that came from Vermont and I believe was backed into a snowbank for a winter. When I got it, the rear axle was held on by the panhard bar (no joke).
Good luck with the poo!
Life goals has to be a great little garage with a lift like that
Hey Marty welcome to wrenching on every car ever in New York State. my favorite wrench is FIRE! cant be stuck if its liquid!
I live an hour north of Syracuse, I feel your pain....
Hey that's my favorite wrench too!! Except mine is made in Minnesota lol
I'm your neighbor just east. Much same.
This is what we deal with on cars that sit outside in the winter here in Wisconsin, USA! Sorry you have to deal with that! By the way, ANYONE can replace shiny new pieces on cars. It takes skill to repair old rusty things like this. I can't wait to see what you do with this when it's done. I can tell you, any time I pull something off of my car, it gets cleaned and possibly painted before it goes back in. LOVE THE CHANNEL!
“My friend... Moog...” a very rare moment that hahaha
I noticed that too. Did he just... call Moog, Moog?! He NEVER does that
Its like when your woman calls you by your name, its odd and dont do that 🤣
What does he normally call him? Blair?
He just doesn't call him anything.
notmyname that’s what I’ve noticed. I can’t really remember Marty calling him by name.
MRPoo is one of the best name ever for an MCM Nugget! I hope to see the license plate say MRPOO! 😂
That just makes it look like mister poo to the average folks 😂
Joe Alex nice r34 profile pic😏
yeah....and paint it brown,...it actually can look really good on cars
images.app.goo.gl/Nz5qXeBuWeT3ysqx5
That would be cool :)))
+Mighty Car Mods: As the owner of a '93 USDM MR2 Turbo model, bought new in late '92, can _really_ empathize w/ your frustration, *_except_* , rust isn't one of the problems I've faced over the years. *_BUT_* , dealing w/ the _incredibly tight_ working spaces on the car, in its entirety, _IS_ . _Busted_ knuckles are a given! 😡That said, "I feel your pain!"
Like the proverbial hair in a biscuit, hang in there, my good man! You'll be rewarded w/ one of the _best cars_ ever to see the roads of the world. Keep 'em comin'! And, many thanks for this one! 😁
Marty: Rust related comment.
Me: Laughs in Rustonian
Rustonia republic Chris Hart?
Marty: "Rust..."
Me: Laughs in Romanian
Pfft... Laughs in Finnish.
Lol in Canadian
UK 100% rust free 😉
NL saying hello. This is pretty much rust-free
Working on a rusty car like this is awesome when you don't have a garage and something breaks in the middle of winter. Shout outs from lovely Michigan!
So it is Mr. Poo afterall :D. All good fun, i really hope to see this thing finished and in tiptop condition.
I cant wait to see how this car turns out. SW20 was a dream car of mine when I was in my teens. Can't possibly see how the moonbuggy could out perform this car.
My dream too! Took me ten years to finally buy one. Seeing this guy work on the car brings back memories!
Glad to see it wasn't just me who struggled with these things.
I never thought the SW20 was harder to work on than most other cars, but there were definitely a handful of parts that were a serious problem. The dump pipe was definitely one of them!
Hey-o! Excited to watch this all the way through but I just wanted to say Hi! Love your guy's stuff!
thanks John
"I'm not going to drop the engine out"
Good for you! :p
That car is in good shape compared to what we have in the northern states of the USA, I have lived in Michigan all my life, that's 70 plus years. Road salt is the 'go to' thing when it snows to try and clear the roads. That mostly works, but what it really works on is the car bodies, rusting them out. I have a 1998 GMC pick up truck, the power train is in decent shape for it's age but the body is very rusty. So if you don't live where you have to put up with that, count your self blessed.
Seeing Marty and Moog in previous episodes with rust is hilarious! Trying coming to Scotland and working on a car half the age!!
cars falling apart onto me is my every day - A Mechanic in Ohio
Welcome to any car that’s lived most of it’s life in Virginia, USA.. I’ve fought hard to reach bolts for hours before because you just can’t get them loose without breaking something or dropping or lifting motors.
A hoist, much easier on your body, understatement of the decade.
@ it's a luxury indeed.
It's always the way that you will find Junk with the car. But Marty I trust you will fix it up and it will soon be chopping that old bug 🔥🔥🔥
Marty, its rusrty. Yes have it with a smile.
Just like when you were offered the superb MX5, you were told it got some rust, you replied
If its got rust, of course I want it.
You drove MX5, it was superb, but so so slow.
Welcome back to the good old days.
Thanks Marty, love the Mr2 by the way.
Lol
“In this episode of Mighty Car Mods, Martin experiences the daily pain of rust belt mechanics in the US”
Marty: "Everything is completely rusted"
Me: *Laughs in Midwest US*
Car is clean compared to Ohio stuff
that 30 year old car looks like a 10 year old car here in Illinois.
@@lukesworkshop5371 fr fr. Anything from Illinois is usually clapped the fuck out after like 5 years of weather n salt lol
can confirm I am in south Dakota and i like working on cars from the 1970s its crazy how big the difference is
Man, I had that voicebox song stuck in my head earlier today and then this drops and totally satisfies my need to hear the song again. Seriously, it needs a full version released on the Play store or something. Cheers, and thanks for the awesome content!
It kind of bothers me that he drilled out the coolant drain bolt, but didn't remove the pipe to flush out the metal shavings that were surely left behind...
Loved the mower videos from forever ago bud
agree
*On this episode of mighty car mods*
Marty gets to experience whats it's like working on cars outside of australia
Welcome to working on cars, as they are in the UK! and looking at the comments all over the place. Would love to see the Road kill guys or MCN do a challenge in the where the rust is bad and see how things go.
6:12 aaaand demonetised
Hahaha
Holy Hell, Marty just said "Moog's" name-outloud and clear!!..mark THAT on the calendar boys!
Glad I'm not the only one who's noticed that almost never happens
I bought an identical MR2, black, hardtop, JDM import, turbo, 1989, sw20 about a month before MCM started this series. I recently upgraded the exhaust, and finished it about 1 week ago, adding in a nice custom 5zigen setup. Watching this video gave me painful deja vu... I can say that I didn't have many rusty parts, just all the bolts took hours to get off. Hours and hours.
Where I'm from we call that rust free 😂
"Laugh in American "
@@Faisal-ro1zr Nope. Laughs in Canadian.
@@CheeseandCrackers234 Plot twist, im norwegian. XD
Marty: Every single bolts getting stuck because it’s totally rusted
This Canadian: You call that rust
Loved the end of the video
So genuine
You really could tell he had had it with the MR2
when he said thanks for watching i thought he was joking....me :*laughs* video:*ends* me :oh!
Marty: “everything is completely rusted”
Me: Doesn’t get the joke but laughs with the others 😀
Super jelly of your shed/shop, Marty! That rust issue is super common on the East Coast of the USA. My Subaru fights me too.
That undercarriage is Canada factory fresh 😁
“It’s so rusty” everyone but Southern California laughs.
I mean SoCal cars can have rust. It'll just start from inside the car...
Laughs. I have an 01 Civic, been in central California all its life. Joy to work on because NO RUST
The rust on a 30 year old vehicle from Detroit would make him cry.
You guys are so narrow minded....
Texas,Nevada,and Arizona all enjoy rust-free life. 😉
@Leathley Archive your goals? Where are we archiving them?
Rust, this is something we have to strugle with all the time - but we have to live with it. Greetings from Germany. I love what you are doing... Keep going!